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Jedi Warriors on Earth, training Obi-Wan—The Men Who Stare at Goats

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:12:25 -0500

They don't claim it's speculative fiction, but The Men Who Stare at Goats is a wonderfully speculative—and funny—look at some outre military projects... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)

Ashes to Ashes—Fringe's "Earthling"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:38:53 -0500

Modifying old ideas can make for new and wonderful television, as this episode does... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)

Falsification—FlashForward's "The Gift"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:03 -0500

An episode that dramatically and effectively asks—and answers—a question careful viewers have been wondering about since the debut. But now what?... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)

KingCon to be Brooklyn's own comic convention, this weekend

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:43 -0500

KingCon will feature comic creators from Brooklyn...

Realms of Fantasy's February 2010 content

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:11:34 -0500

The February 2010 issue of Realms of Fantasy will feature Harlan Ellison's first new story in a decade, as well as fiction by Ann Leckie, Aliette de Bodard, Leah Bobet, and Euan Harvey...

Arcana Studios transforms website Extra Sequential into Arcana quarterly

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:48:28 -0500

The new and fast-growing webzine about comics, Extra Sequential, comes to print in January as Arcana Studios' Arcana quarterly magazine...

Eastwick's "Red Ants and Black Widows"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:11:19 -0500

Men can be smart, but women have to be witches? (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)

San Diego ComicCon founder Shel Dorf dies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:07:49 -0500

Sheldon L. "Shel" Dorf (1933-2009) was a comic artists before he founded the San Diego ComicCon in 1970...

Author Louise Cooper Dies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:49:53 -0500

British fantasy author Louise Cooper (1952-2009) wrote The Time Master trilogy and nearly 80 other novels for adults and children...

Realms of Fantasy looking to hire a designer

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:29:48 -0500

Publisher Warren Lapine wants to hand off the design and layout of Realms of Fantasy, which he's been handling since buying the magazine earlier this year...

PS Publishing shifting Postscripts to twice-yearly publication

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:22:28 -0500

PS Publishing is shifting its recently modified publication schedule for Postscripts: they'll be publishing two issues per year, twice as large as the current quarterly issues...

Michelle M. Welch sells story to Realms of Fantasy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:59:38 -0500

This time, Realms of Fantasy is really caught up on all the old submissions...

David B. Coe sells new series to Tor, with new pseudonym

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:07:54 -0500

Tor will publish David B. Coe's new Thief-Taker Series under the name D.B. Jackson. The books, pitched as Harry Dresden meets Sam Adams...

Zzzzzzzz…—V's "Pilot"

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:29:26 -0500

The reimagination could have used more imagination... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)

Analog's January/February 2010 Issue

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:15 -0500

The January/February 2010 double issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact features fiction by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, David L. Clements, Michael F. Flynn, Richard A. Lovett, Mike Resnick & Lezli Robyn, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Eric James Stone, H.G. Stratmann...